Diversity of endoscopy center operations and practice variation across California's safety-net hospital system: A statewide survey

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Day, Lukejohn W ^a,b   Bhuket, Taft ^c   Inadomi, John M ^d   Yee, Hal F ^a,b,e  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to medical care; Endoscopy; Health care disparities; Practice variation; Safety net hospital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84878894377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-233     Document Type: Article

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